Dyrham Park Country Club and Stable Block is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1949. Country club. 3 related planning applications.

Dyrham Park Country Club and Stable Block

WRENN ID
floating-frieze-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hertsmere
Constituency
Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1949
Type
Country club
Address
Dyrham Park Country Club and Stable Block, South Mimms and Ridge, EN5 4RA
OS grid reference
TQ 224 984
Coordinates
51.67186, -0.23032
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a country house, now a country club, dating from circa 1800-1810, representing a rebuilding of an earlier structure, with extensions added. It was extensively remodelled in the early 20th century for John Trotter. The building is primarily stuccoed brick with a slate hipped roof. It is a large Neoclassical villa, two storeys and an attic in height.

The main front has seven bays arranged as 2:3:2. A substantial tetrastyle Tuscan portico dominates the centre, featuring an oculus within a deep, eaved projecting pediment. Pilasters connect the portico to the front wall. A continuous plinth runs along the base. The central entrance is a glazed door with scrolled brackets, topped by a dentil and mutule architrave. The ground floor has glazing bar sashes, while the first floor has casements set within deep reveals with moulded architraves. A continuous plat band is positioned at the first floor sill level, with guttae projecting below this band. The roof has a shallow pitch and deep eaves with cement-rendered stacks.

The left return features nine bays, with the central three bays projecting slightly under a similar pediment. The ground floor has French windows, and to the right, three glazing bar sashes are present. Architraves are similar to the front elevation, but without guttae. The garden front exhibits seven bays and a full-height, semi-circular, three-bay bow window at the centre. A cast-iron balcony is attached to the left-hand first-floor window. To the right of the front, a five-bay painted brick extension, set back slightly, is visible. This extension has 16-pane glazing bar sashes under rubbed brick heads. A hood shelters the central entrance, which has a panelled door. Five sashed dormers, each with a cambered top, are incorporated into the roof. Deep eaves and a coped parapet are found on the right side. Two further single-storey extensions extend to the right, with one of painted brick featuring sashes and a hood over an entrance bay.

A 19th-century stable block, also of brick and slate construction, is linked to these extensions. The inner yard showcases round arched openings. The stable block shares deep eaves and a low-pitched roof similar to the main house, punctuated by three cubic roof lights. A north wing has been converted and stuccoed.

The interior includes an entrance hall leading to a central staircase hall, dating from circa 1830-1840. A passage runs to the left, and a dog-leg staircase is positioned at the far end. The upper level of the hall has Ionic pilasters and a gallery over the passage to the left. An early to mid-18th century secondary staircase is located at the front, to the right of the entrance, featuring turned balusters and a moulded, ramped handrail.

Local climate

Dyrham Park Country Club and Stable Block sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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